Improvement in sleigh-brake



A. INGALLS;

Sleigh Brake.

No. 77,045. Patented April 21, I868.

ALLEN I NGALLS, ee HARTWIGK TOWNSHIP, NEWYORK,

Letters Patent No. 77,045, dated April 21, 1868, I

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Be 'it known that 'I, ALLEN INGALLS, of thetown of Hnrtwiek, in the eounty of Otsego, and State of New York, have invented'a new and useful Sleigh-Brake, for holding back sleighs as they go down hill; and I-do hereby declare that the following is a. full, cleer, and exact description thereofl'reference being had. to. the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a suitable apparatus or piece of'mechnnism, mado'of iron or steel, or both combined, to attach to any kind of a sleigh, to be operated by the driver without moving from his seat, by which 'he can hold back the sleigh and. thereby ease the horses.

A is the sleigh, which-may he built either on the bob or long-sleigh plan. B are the brake-irons or spurs,

which may be constructed of any suitable shape to hold on to the ice OILSUOW, as they-pass overit. vThese spurs are placed, one on eech'side of the sleigh, and connected together by rod 0, said rod 0 being attached to the rave on frame of the sleigh; D is a. lever,'nttached to' either the box or frame'of the sleigh. E is the footlever, attached to the sleigh, by which the brake is operzited. F is n'rod,-which.connects the levers D and E,

G is a rod, which connects the brake-iron and lover To use my invention, the driver presses the foot-lev'erforward,which forces theend of the spur ageinst'the ground, and thereby holds back the sleigh, nnd w-hen not needed, pulls back the lever E, which raises the spur from the ground, and allows thesleigh to move is freely-es it"it he d no brake attached.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is V The brake-irons B, combined with levers and E, rods- F and G, and sleigh A, arranged as described and set forth, for the purpose specified. p

' ALLEN INGALLS. TL. s.] Vl itnesses:

$4M; HARPER, Gus, W-. SMITH, 

